Good book Quotes · Page 12

I wanted to see if I could write a good book.

— James D. Watson

“If Fifty Shades is your idea of a good book, you have no idea what a good book is.”

— Oliver Markus Malloy

I don't drink alcohol too late in the evening; I read a good book.

— Michael Rosbash

“The problem with reading a good book is trying to cope after it's finished.”

— Devonnie A. Black

“A good book is the best of friends, the same to-day and for ever.”

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

“There are more truths in a good book than its author meant to put in it.”

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

“Maybe we should all just shut up and read a good book.”

— Mary Sisney

Do not read good books-life is too short for that-read only the best.

— Ernest Dimnet

For friends... do but look upon good Books: they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.

— Francis Bacon

I feel happy and secure when I'm on my bed with a good book... I forget everything which is terrible in our…

— Francoise Hardy

reading a good book in silence is like eating chocolate for the rest of your life and never getting fat.

— Becca Fitzpatrick

“One cannot be taught to write. One can only learn to write by writing—and reading. Reading good books written by real artists—until…

— Truman Capote

sometimes after I finished a particularly good book, I had the urge to get the library card, find out who else had…

— Jeannette Walls

When I'm in London, I love to visit Kensington gardens and just sit in the park and read a good book.

— Natalie Imbruglia

A good book is the precious life-blood of the master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose for a life beyond

— John Milton

I always assume that a good book is more intelligent than its author. It can say things that the writer is not…

— Umberto Eco

“The Good Book says that the meek shall inherit the earth and I expect that's probably the truth. I aint no freethinker,…

— Cormac McCarthy

I can think of no habit, kept up through the years, that binds a married couple more than that of reading good…

— Alice Hegan Rice

“God’s love gives life meaning. I just follow the path He sets out in the Good Book. That’s all I need to…

— Wendy Mass

Most people travel with a good book, but I also keep my agenda with me; I'll flip through the pages and take…

— Carolina Herrera

You cannot invent an algorithm that is as good at recommending books as a good bookseller, and that's the secret weapon of…

— John Green

“I won't stay in with married men any more said the wise girl they're too agreeable, it's a little too much like…

— Norman Mailer

I remember going over proofs of this book - my first book - back in 2001, in a bar in Toronto called…

— Sheila Heti

Stretching [and] yoga [are] very helpful. All of these things - they really do help. Good food and a lot of sleep.…

— Alice Walker

“Listen to me you piece of shit, if you ever give the press information about me, my parents or even breathe a…

— Nina D'Angelo

In marriage we have a duty to God, our spuses, the world, and future generations. But we are sinners. A husband and…

— Mark Driscoll

“And yet she didn't want to kill herself. She loved the world too much, and people. She loved taking long walks in…

— Jhumpa Lahiri

“I have always been a reader; I have read at every stage of my life, and there has never been a time…

— Diane Setterfield

“Now and then I am asked as to "what books a statesman should read," and my answer is, poetry and novels—including short…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“After finishing a good book, it was sometimes days before she could shake off that other reality; the one she'd dipped into,…

— Ann Sutherland

“A good book, Marcus, is judged not by it's last words but by the cumulative effect of all the words that have…

— Joël Dicker

“During the conversation she [7th-GGM, Anna Maria Hoepflinger Floerl] also talked about the guidance with which God had provided her when they…

— Johann Martin Boltzius

“Sometimes hanging out in pajamas with a good book sounded like a phenomenal idea.”

— Chloe Neill

“A good book will surely become an event in your life.”

— Aman Jassal

A good book is either a friend or a teacher. The bad one is the boss.

— M

Always, always, always pass a good book along on to somebody else.

— Katie Piper

No good book, or good thing of any sort, shows its best face at first.

— Thomas Carlyle

“A good book will keep you fascinate for days, a good book shop your whole life!”

— Waterstones

Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.

— Moliere

Let every man, if possible, gather some good books under his roof.

— William Ellery Channing